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Version: 2023.1

Open By External Id

There are 2 different approaches:

  1. You can either hook directly into the the default Pimcore id resolver by using this event

  2. Or add an independent menu entry and a shortcut similar to the default Open Data Object (ctrl + shift + o) to the admin ui.

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Create a bundle with a Pimcore Backend Interface java script extension as described here.

document.addEventListener(pimcore.events.pimcoreReady, (e) => {
const shortcutKey = 'l';
const endPoint = '/admin/find-by-external-id';


const messageBoxTitle = t('app_external_id_messagebox_title');
const messageBoxText = t('app_external_id_messagebox_errormessage');
const menuTitle = t('app_external_id_menu_title');


const openMessageBox = function() {
Ext.MessageBox.prompt(t("open_data_object"), messageBoxTitle, function(btn, text){
if(btn == 'ok'){
Ext.Ajax.request({
url: endPoint,
method: "post",
params: {
'external-id': text
},
success: function(response){
var res = Ext.decode(response.responseText);
if(res) {
pimcore.helpers.openElement(res, 'object');
} else{
pimcore.helpers.showNotification(t("error"), messageBoxText, "error");
}
}
});
}
})
};

const toolbar = pimcore.globalmanager.get("layout_toolbar");
const fileMenu = toolbar.fileMenu;
if(fileMenu) {
fileMenu.insert(4, {
text: menuTitle,
iconCls: 'pimcore_icon_object pimcore_icon_overlay_go',
cls: 'pimcore_main_menu',
handler: openMessageBox
});
}

new Ext.util.KeyMap({
target: document,
key: shortcutKey,
fn: openMessageBox,
ctrl:true,
alt:false,
shift:true,
stopEvent:true
});

});

Create a controller to find your DataObject

namespace App\Controller\Admin;

use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\JsonResponse;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;

class BackendController
{
/**
* @Route("/admin/find-by-external-id")
*/
public function findByWordpressId(Request $request): JsonResponse
{
if ($id = (int)$request->get('external-id')) {
if($object = MyObject::getByExternalId($id)) {
return new JsonResponse($object->getId());
}
}

return new JsonResponse(0);
}
}